Improvement in bee-hives



OLE OSMUNDSON, OF M'ISSON, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 89,067, lated April 20, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettere Patent and making part of thesame.

To all who-m it may concern Be it known that I, OLE OsMUNDsoN, of thetown of Mission, in the county of La Salle, and State of 1llinois, haveinvented a new and improved Bottom for Bee-Hives; and I do herebydeclare that the i'ollow-,

ing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,in which- Figure 1 is an elevation o f one side of a bee-hive, with myimprovements attached thereto;

.Figure 2, a cent-ral vertical section of the same;

Figure 3, a plan or top view of iig. 1; and

Figure 4, a plan of' the upper section of hive.

Similar letters of reference denote like parts in all of the figures.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a hopper-bottom for bee-hives, the orilce of which is regulated by anadjustable sieve, sliding on ways on the inner sides of analighting-board, the outer and inner sides of which are semispherical,and provided with apertures, for the ingress and egress ofthe bees.

The hopper A is centrally suspended, in a square frame, supported byfour legs, I J, and the hive secured to its upper face, as shown in tig.2 ofthe draw-. ings.

The lower part of the hopper is provided with an opening, B, thesize lofwhich is regulated by means of a sieve, fitted 'within a metallic frame,'0, and arranged to slide on ways, or guides secured to the inner sidesofthe alighting-board D.

rllhe vertical aperture B is centrally located in the bottom of hopperA, and the apertures f g h t' in the alighting-board are made thereto atsuch an angle, as that the bees may, on entering any one of saidapertures, crawl around on the inner periphery ofthe alighting-board tothe apeiture B, the inner surface of board D serving as a bridge fromeach ofthe orifices f g h t', yto the main entrance B.

By adjusting the frame c, the aperture B may be made just large enoughfor the ingress and egress of the working bees, and yet not large enoughto allow the escape of the queen bee, the sieve within frame c beingused for the admission of pure air, izo-properly ventilate the hive.

The sieve-frame c may be secured by a small chain, or cord, to the loweredge of the board D, andradjusted or removed at will, by placingr thehand up under the board D, which, by reason of its open bottom, admitsof seeing to the proper adjustment of the sieve c.

The tapering sides of the hopper-bottom serve to convey the worms anddead bees to the aperture B, where they fall out, thus saving the beesthe labor of their removal, and thereby securing cleanliness and purityof both hive and honey.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-I The combination of hopper A, aperture'B, sieve c, alighting-board D,and apertures f g h t', when constructed and arranged substantially inthe manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

v OLE OSMUNDSON.

Witnesses:

C. HUNT, CHAs. A. WILcox.

